Greek Inscriptions on Mosaic from Ḥammat Tiberias, Lower Galilee
Maximos vowing fulfilled (it). Long may he live!
Aboudemos vowing fulfilled (it).
Zoilos vowing fulfilled (it). Long may he live!
Kalinikos vowing fulfilled (it). Long may he live!
Siortasis vowing fulfilled (it). May he be saved!
[Profutouros vow]ing fulfilled (it). Long may he live!
Sever[os] disciple of the most illustrious patriarchs fulfilled (it). Blessings upon him. Amen.
Ioullos the supervisor completed the whole work.
Translated by Moshe Dothan.
Notes
Words in brackets and parentheses appear in the original translation. Brackets indicate broken text.
Credits
Greek Inscriptions on Mosaic from Ḥammat Tiberias, Lower Galilee, trans. Moshe Dothan, in Moshe Dothan, Hammath Tiberias, vol. 1: Early Synagogues and the Hellenistic and Roman Remains, Ancient Synagogues Studies (Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, 1983), p. 55. Used with permission of the publisher.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 2: Emerging Judaism.
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